It was a burning question of mine for a while now:
I understand that dwarf planets like Pluto and Ceres aren’t considered planets of the solar system, but why are they called ‘dwarf PLANETS’ if they aren’t planets.
And no one really says, “the sun isn’t a star, it’s a Dwarf Star”. Nor is it declassified as one because of it.
So, why are dwarf planets not planets, but dwarf stars are stars?
They had to define planet and that left a hole of large thing smaller than a planet but larger than what they wanted to call an asteroid.
they had other options when they defined planet. I preferred the on that turn our moon into a planet - but they didn’t listen to me. (They should not listen to me - I’m not an astronomer)